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Definition of: intermission
(in′tər·mish′ən) noun
1. Temporary cessation; interruption.
2. A recess; interval, as between acts in the theater; entr'-acte. [<L intermissio, -onis <intermissus, pp. of intermittere. See INTERMIT.]
—in′ter·mis′sive adjective
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